XP3 with 7A 50 1.1

As a portrait lens on the XP3. I had it on manual exposure @ 1/250 with ISO on A and aperture maybe f2-ish. The 'new' EVF makes it super easy to focus, much much better than the ancient hot shoe EVF on my M240.

It gives surprising snap, and the bokeh looks really nice to me - I added the 1:1 crop to show that and sharpness. The full pic has the face blurred out as requested. It is not a lens defect!
Some people just don't want their face all over the internet. Weird, huh?

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How is yours at f1.1? Mine on my X-t3 looked odd, not sharp and sort of dirty image. At f1.4 it was fine though.
 
Huss: How would you compare the 7artisans to the Voigtlander Nokton f/1.1? Any reason you'd choose one over the other besides price?
 
BillBlackwell said:
Huss: How would you compare the 7artisans to the Voigtlander Nokton f/1.1? Any reason you'd choose one over the other besides price?
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The 7A has much nicer bokeh and is flattering for people pics. I don't think it is very good for infinity/landscape type shots as it seems there may be a bit of field curvature but I am not 100% sure as I haven't properly tested it for that.

The Nokton is a crazy sharp lens, even at 1.1. But the downside is the bokeh is harsh and busy, so shooting at 1.1 is for low light, not pretty bokeh portraits.
Click stop aperture ring which I prefer to the click less on the 7A.

The 7A has a much nicer size and you can tune focus if need be. But it focuses past infinity if you go by the hard stop. Nokton (on my cameras) focuses infinity at the hard stop.

If I had to pick just one, it would be the 7A as gives such a nice look to pics. Price is a bonus.
 
Huss said:
Oh all these shots are jpegs on the Astia setting. Fuji has really nice jpegs.
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I’m impressed!
Unfortunately LR 6.14 will not convert the X-Pro3 RAW files, and I have no intention of jumping on the Adobe bandwagon for subscription software.
 
Sign up for his newsletter and he occasionally has sales too. I bought x-transformer when it first came out and Brian is still updating it for no cost to any existing customers. Like you I am sticking with v6 of LR as I don't want to go subscription either.

Just be aware that the DNG will be larger files as they are linear DNGs. The software has multiple options for compression too to reduce file size.

Shawn
 
shawn said:
Sign up for his newsletter and he occasionally has sales too. I bought x-transformer when it first came out and Brian is still updating it for no cost to any existing customers. Like you I am sticking with v6 of LR as I don't want to go subscription either.

Just be aware that the DNG will be larger files as they are linear DNGs. The software has multiple options for compression too to reduce file size.

Shawn
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Thanks Shawn.
At the moment I’m researching mirrorless cameras (due to flange depth from the sensor) to accept and perform with Leica M glass. My 1st choice would be FF 35mm and I may end up with a Z6 or an A7x.
 
Ricoh said:
Thanks Shawn.
At the moment I’m researching mirrorless cameras (due to flange depth from the sensor) to accept and perform with Leica M glass. My 1st choice would be FF 35mm and I may end up with a Z6 or an A7x.
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I have an Z7 and M240. M240 is much better with M glass. They are 'cheap' used and rock sold cameras.
 
I agree with Huss on the M240 being a rock solid camera. It was too good of a camera, but it was for many users "too bulky" in size. Else, it is now a bargain buy.
 
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